Rolling eyes for dolls



Aplfi 14, 1931. MARCUS 1,800,738

ROLLING EYES FOR DOLLS Filed June 6, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR JamaeZ Ala/wa t April 14, 1931. 5 MARCUS ROLLING EYES FOR DOLLS Filed June 6, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR ,SamzwZManz f MA m Patented Apr. 14, 1931 warren starts PATENT OFFHQE SAMUEL IJIARC'US, OF RI VERDALE NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR T MARKON MAN UFACTUR- ING 00., INC.,: OF NEW YQRK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK ROLLING EYES FOR DOLLS Application filed June 6,

This invention relates to an improvement in rolling eyes for dolls.

An object of the invention is to provide an eye set in which the eyes are capable of ample pivotal movement in various directions about their spherical centres under the gravity control of a single weight element. A further object is to provice an eye set which may be quickly and easily assembled or disassembled and in which the eyes are capable of easy and convenient universal adjustment With respect to each other about their spherical centres and in which the eyes are readily adjustable toward and away from each other.

A further object is to provide an eye set as above and including an attaching or carrier member by which toconnect it with the doll head, the only connection between the 29 carrier and the remainder of the eye set being a pivotal connection in the region between the two eyes of the set in such manner that the carrier may be connected with the head either in the space between the eyes,

or otherwise as preferred.

. A further object is to provide an eye set made up 'of'parts which are of simple and inexpensive form and construction.

A more specific object is to provide an eye set in which the eyes are carried upon a pair of vertical pivot rods and in which said rods are connected together by means which perm ts of their easy adjustment toward and away from each other while maintaining their vertical alignment and which provides a horizontal pivot forming portion inter mediate the eyes for pivotal connection with the carrier.

A further detailed object is to so design the set that the part thereof which connects together the vertical eye-carrying rods serve for attachment of the rod and a stop element therefor.

A further detailed object is to provide improved limiting means for limiting the gravity oscillatory movements of the vertical eye-carrying rods.

Other objects and aims of the invention, more or less specific than those referred to above, will be in part obvious and in part 1929. Serial No. 363,897.

pointed out in the course of the following description of the elements, combinations, arrangements of parts and applications of principles constituting the invention; and the scope of protection contemplated will be indicated in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings which are to be taken as a part of this specifification, and in which I have shown merely a preferred form of embodiment of the invention Fig. 1 is a rear elevational viewot an eye set constructed in accordance with this invention, a part of the set being broken away for better disclosing details of construction, and the whole being illustrated in position within a doll head shown in vertical section.

Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view upon the plane of line IIII of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3is a vertical sectional view upon the plane of line III-J11 of Fig. 1.

Fig. i is a vertical sectional View upon the plane of line 1V-IV of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 5 is an enlarged fragmentary perspective view of parts of the eye set appearing in the above figures.

Referring now to the drawings for decribing in detail the construction which is illustrated therein, the reference character L indicates a doll head having the usual eye sockets l and 2 therein at opposite sides of the central or nose portion 3.

The eye set at present illustrated consists of a horizontal supporting carrier G of the general type as shown in the pendingappli cation of Alexander Konofl, Serial No. 141,943 in that it comprises a main body member l upon which is slidably mounted a pair of attaching members 55 adapted to be thrust from opposite ends of the body into firm attachment with the side walls of the doll head to thereby rigidly connect the carrier in position spanning the interior of the head, the outer end of the attaching member having tangs as 66 thereon for being embedded within the opposite side wall portions 7-? of the head. Projecting torwardly from the body member 4 is a pair of arms as 8-8 the forward'ends of which are shaped to provide bearings as 99 spaced the .centres of the eyes.

apartfor pivotally receiving the pivot portions as-10 of the device which connects f the two eyes together.

The eyes, illustrated generally by the reference characters H-H, may be formed in any appropriate manner, but according to the present illustration each is made up of 1 inner and'outer seinispherical shell members as 11 and 12 respectively. These may be of anyapproprlate material, but usually sheet.

7 metal is employed. for the inner shell. and

celluloid iorlthe outer shell, the two. shells being fitted snugly one within theother but there being-suficient freedom of movement between the shells so that the outer shell may be'rotat'ably adjusted with respectv to the inner shell about the commonspherical. centre if found necessary, such ad ustment being about a horizontal axis transverse to a straight line between the centres of the two eyes. 7 I At the rear of eacheye there is provnded a I fiat metallic plate 13) which has substantially integral connection with the inner shell 11 inrestricted areas horizontally at opposite sides, as at 14 and 15, of the spherical centre of they eye, that is in the plane of a stralght line between the centres of the two eyes, and

these restricted connections are pliable so that the shell" portions of the eyes may be readily adjusted with respectto the plates bybending of said connections, the attachment thus afiorded being about ahorizont-al axis co-incident with a stralght l1ne between a'spring socket therein adapted to receive Each of the plates l3 is formed to provide one of the eye-carrying rods 16-16 project- 'ing'substantially vertically upward into themanner fully illustrated and described in the pending application of Samuel Marc11s, Se}

rial No. 334,896.

The rods 16 are each formed with a lateral projection '17 for engagingone of the socket forming straps or sections as 181 0 limit the distance to which the rod may bethrust into the socket. r I

as'at19 at their lower sides to accommodate 'the-rods 16 and to providesufiicient space so as not to interfere with the desired adj ust-' ments or the shells above described The connecting device between the two rods 16 is sectional, that is'it consists oi two identical pieces or sections as 2020. Each of these is shaped at its outer end to provide a pairofvertically aligned bearings as 21 and22 spaced apart through which the adj acent rod 16 extends so that the rods are vertically rotatably mounted in said bearings,

the points of engagement between said sections and the rods being in the regions below the bottom edge :of the eyes, the eyes being attached to those portions ofthe rods which project upwardly above the bearings.

The sections 20 project from the rod'16 toward each other' and are curved upwardly about the respective eyes. .The'adjacent end portions of the respective sections are shaped to provide annular sleeves, heretofore designated by the reference characters 10-10, adapted to receive a bonding rod 23 which extends through both sleeves to provide a bond between them. a 1

The bonding rod 23 is of rectangular cross section and theinterior of the sleeves is of a contourto utilize the angular relationship of the surfaces of the rod-so as to prevent any rotary movement of the sleeves with respect to the rod, while yet permittingendwise slid- :ing of one orboth of the sleeves along the 'rod whenever it is desired to adjust the sections 20120, and the rods 16 ,16, toward or away. from each other, As a simplerneans by which to afiord the required connection between the sleeves and the rod, and to at the same time provide a spring friction grip of the sleeves upon the rod, the drawing herewith suggests that thesleeves, and in fact the ent re sections 2020, may be formed of sheet metal, the sleeves consisting merely of cylindrically bent extensions of said sec- 1 tions, so that the sleeves are each split as at 24 and thus made relatively resilient. The bonding rod 23 may be'made of relatively harder metal than the material of the split sleeves so that the I operation of forcefully bending the sleeve forming-portions ofthe sections about said rod1during manufacture will causethefllongitudinal corners as 25 25 of the rod tobite relatively into theinner surface of the sleeves so asto produce grooves l as 26-26 within said. sleeves co-operaiive with the corners or ribs 25 to permit longitudinal sliding of the sleeves but-preventing all rotary movement. 7 i

The sleeves 1010 of coursestand in a They are maintained horizontal position. in ahgnment by the presence of the bonding rod 23 w thin them at alltimes, and theupward bendingjof the sections 20;disposes V them so that their pivotal aXes'co-incides The shell port1ons of each eye are cutaway against endwise movement in their bearings 21 and 22. As a simple expedient to this end however the drawing herewithsuggests that each of these rods may be :provided with a lateral projection as 27-,thereon extending into the space between the'portions as 28 and 29 which provide the bearings 21 and 22.. These projections are arranged to engage the opposing surfaces of the portions 28 and 29.

The portions 28 and 29 may be provided with slots as 30 and 31 respectively, communicatingwith the bearings 21 and 22, for permitting passage of the projections 1'7 and 27 of the rods 16 during assembly, it being noted that the slots are placed in such radial positions as not to register with the projection 17 or 27 during any normal operation of the eye set mechanism.

The weight employed for the gravity control of the eyes is indicated by the reference character 32. It is attached to the lower end of a rod or wire 33, the upper end portion as 34 of which is pivotally connected to swing about a relatively vertical axis in a braclret piece 35 which is in turn connectedwith the sleeves 10-10 of the sections 20.

The bracket piece. 35 is formed from a smallstrip of sheet metal having its upper end portion bent to constitute a sleeve or cylinder 36 which is adapted to fit loosely about the sleeves 10-10 collectively. Its lower portion is bent to provide a pair of spaced bearings as 37 and 38 within which the portion 34 of the weight carrying wire is mounted, the wire having; a head as 39 beyond the upper bearing, and being" bent laterally as at 40 beneath the lower bearing, for preventing endwise displacement of the wire from said bearings. The lateral bending; of the wire beneath the lower bearing also disposes the weight 32 in a position rearwardly of the pivotal axis of the portion 34 so that the weight will swing by gravity from side to side within the bearings 37 and 38 whenever the doll is tilted sidewise.

The bracket piece 35. .is provided with a spring tongue 41 projecting forwardly therefrom adapted to engage against an inner surface portion oi the doll head for limiting swinging movement of the bracket piece in a direction toward the head.

Each of the eye-carrying;- rods 16 is provided with rearwardly extending portion as 42 at its lower end andthese extending portions are connected together by connecting link 43 which is pivotally connected with the rear end of each extension so that the eyesare always obliged to move in unison within the bearings 21 and 22. The link 43 has a central opening 44 through which the relatively horizontal extending portion 40 of the rod loosely passes so that sidcwise swinging of said rod by gravity force of th weight will impart corresponding movement in either direction to the eyes.

he opening 44 is of such length that its opposite end walls will engage against the rod 40 to limit sidewise swinging of the weight in both directions, and the link is preterably formed ofresilientiy flexible material so that the impact ofthe rod against the end walls of the opening or slot 44 will be resiliently cushioned and thus made practically noiseless.

The manner of connecting the link 43 with the extension 42 may take any appropriate form, but in the instance illustrated it consists merely in providing the extensions 42 each with two pairs of lugs, as 4545 and 4646, spaced apart to receive the link between them, the link being formed with a suitably large openingas 47 to loosely receive the portion as 43 oi the extension 42 which lies between the pairs of lugs, and the link having suitable slots as 4949 therein communicating with the opening 47 to enable assembly of the parts,-tlie slot-s being in such radial positions as not to permit passage of the lugs after the parts have been assembled.

In assembling the eye set as here described the rods 16 are first attached to their respective sections 20 of the connecting device, then with opposite ends of the linl: This done their sleeves 101.0 are telescoped onto the bonding rod 23 and into the sleeves 36 otthe bracket piece 35. This assembly is extremely simple and requires no tools, yet when completed is such that the parts have appropriate freedom of rotary movement with respect to each other without possibility of accidental disassembly.

The eyes may be telescoped downwardly onto the upper ends of the rods 16 after the other parts are entirely assembled.

In forming the sleeves 10 oi": sections 20 for engaging; the bonding rod 23, these sleeves may be former directly on the rod 23 if desired, but they preferably are formed upon a rod which is identical with rod 23 but of slightly less cross sectional contour than the rod 23 so that when the sleeves are a z-embled onto the rod 23 the insertion of rho. 23 will spring the sleeves open to a slight degree sufficient to generate the desired spring grip of the sleeves upon the rod.

It will be understood that oscillatory movement of the eyes about tl e horizontal axis provided by the bearings 9-9 in the carrier G will be caused by gravity movement of weight 32 incident to tilting of the doll forwardly or backwardly in the usual manner.

While the sleeve portions 10-1O of the connecting device are described as having tight frictional engagement with the bonding rod and the cylinder 36 of the bracket piece 35 is described as being loose upon the sleeve portions, this may be reversed it desired, and in fact in some cases it may be suihcient to omit the bonding rod and. depend upon a tight frictional grip of the cylinder 36 about the exterior surface of the sleeves to hold said sleeves assembled, or if desired the sleeves may be only loosely connected with both the bonding rod and the cylinder so that they may move freely longitudinally toward and away from each other, engagement of the eyes within the sockets oi 'the head'being depended upon in this latter in--.

stance tohold the sleeves against disassembly. As manyichanges could be made 111 this construction without departing from the scope or" the invention, as defined in the. fol

lowing claims, it is intended thatall matter contained in the abovedescription, or shown in the accompanying drawings, shall be interpreted .as illustrative only and not'in a limitin sense. h

. Having, thus ters Patent is 7 1. An eye set comprising a pair of eyes, a pair of vertically disposed rods upon which the'eyesare carried respectively, said rods having portions projecting downwardly be-v neath the lower edges of the eyes, a connect- I ing device extending between said rods providing bearings withinwhich the downward projectingportions of the rods are oscillatably mounted so that the rods and eyes.

are "adapted to oscillate upon substantially 7 vertical axes, a supporting carrier having parts fOIQCOIHlECtLOIl witha dol head and having another part co-operative with said connecting device to provide pivotal engagement between the connecting device and the carrier upon a substantially horizontal ax s co-1nc1dent with a straight line, between the centres, of the eyes so that the eyes are adapted to oscillatev upon. a hor zontal axis, and gravity acting means selectively operable to swing the eyesupon said horizontal axis and saidvertlcalaxes.

. 2. An eye set comprising a pair oieyes, a

pair of vertically disposed rods uponwhich theeyes. are carried respectively, said rods having portions projecting downwardly be-i neaththe lower edges of the eyes, a'connect- V ing device extending between said rods providing bearings within which the downward projecting" portions of the rods are oscillatably mounted so that the rods and eyes are adapted to oscillate upon substantially vertical axes, a supporting carrier having parts for connection with a doll" head and jecting lateral extension'th'ereon, alink by whlch the rear endportions of said exten-f sions are pivotally connected together, and a having another part co-operative with said connecting device to provide pivotal engagement between the connecting device-and the carrier upon a substantially horizontal axis co-incidentwith a straight line between the V centres of the eyes so that the eyes are: adapt ed to oscillate upon horizontal axis, the downwardly projectlng portions of the eye carrying rods each having a rearwajr dly proweight connected with said link.

,3. An eye set comprising a pair of eyes, a pair of vertically disposed rods upon which the eyes are carried respectively, said rods described my invention, what Iclaim as new and desire to secure by Lethaving portionsprojecting downwardly beneath the lower edges of the eyes, a connecting device extending between said rodsv providing bearings withingrhich the downward projecting portions/6f the rods, are oscillatahly mounted so that the rods and eyes carrying rods each having a rearwardly projecting lateral extension thereon, a link by which the rear end portions of said EXT/6114 sions are pivotally connected together, a weight, and a weight rod extending from said weight. into pivotal engagement with said connecting device, said rod having pivotal engagement also with said link at a point intermediate the lengthot' the rod.

l. An eye set comprising a pair'of eyes, a

pair of vertically disposed rods upon which the eyes are carried respectively, said rods having portions projecting downwardlybe neath the lower edges of the eyes, a connecting device extending between said rods providing bearings withinwhich the downward projecting portions of the rods :are oscillat-v ably mounted so that the rods and eyes are adapted to oscillateupon substantially vertical axes, a supporting carrier having parts for connection with adoll head andhaving another part co-operative with said connect ing device toprovide pivotal engagement between the connecting devlce and thecarrier upon 'a' substantially horizontal axis coincident with astraight linebetween' the centres, of the-eyes s'othat the eyes are adapted to oscillate upon a hOI'lZOIIlZal ZLXlQ'thG downwardly projecting portions of the eye carrying rods each having a rearwardly projecting lateral extension thereon, a link by which the rear end portions of said extensions are pivotally connected together, a weight, and a weight rod extending from the weight loosely'through an aperture provided in the mentioned link and intopivotal attachment with the mentionedconnecting device so that pivotal swingingof the weight'about its pivotal attachment with the connecting device will swing the eyes about theirvertical axes, the aperture in the link having'opposite side walls to engagethe weight rod: forlimiting swinging movement of the weight in both directions. i r Y r 5. An eye set'comprising a pairof eyes, a pair of vertically disposed rods-upon which the eyes are carried respectively, saidrods having portions projecting downwardly be neath the lower edges of the eyes, a connecting device extending. between said rods pro viding bearings within which the downward projecting portions of the rods are oscillatably mounted so that the rods and eyes are adapted to oscillate upon substantially vertical axes, a supporting carrier having parts for connection with a'doll head and having another part co-operative with said connecting device to provide pivotal engagement between the connecting device and the carrier upon a substantially horizontal axis co-incident with a straight line between the centres of the eyes so that the eyes are adapted to es cillate upon a horizontal axis, the clownwardly projecting portions of the eye carrying roos each having a rearwardly projecting lateral extension thereon, a link by which the rear end portions o1 said extensions are pivotally connected together, a weight, a

, weight rod extending from the wei ht loosely through an aperture provided in the mentioned linlr and into pivotal attachment with the mentioned connecting device so that pivotal sw' ng of the weight about its pivotal attachment with the connecting device will swing tl e eyes about their vertical axes the aperture in the link having opposite side walls to en age the weight rod for limiting swinging movement of the weight in both directions, and said link being resiliently flexible to thereby cushion the action of said limiting means.

6. An eye set comprising a pair of eyes, a pair of vertically disposed rods upon which the eyes are carried respectively, said rods having portions projecting downwardly beneath the lower edges of the eyes, a connecting device extending between said rods providing bearings within which the downward projecting portions of the rods are oscillatably mounted so that the rods and eyes are adapted'to oscillate upon substantially ver tical axes, a supporting carrier having parts for connection with a doll head and having another part co-Operative with said connect ing device to provide pivotal engagement between the connecting device and the carrier upon a substantially horizontal axis co-incident with a straight line between the centres of the eyes so that the eyes are adapted to oscillate upon a horizontal axis, gravity acting means selectively operable to swing the eyes upon said horizontal axi and said vertical axes, said connecting device consisting of two separately formed sections having pivotal connection with the eye carrying rods respectively, and means by which said two sections are connected together providing for manual adjustment of said sections in directions toward and away from each other 7. An eye set comprising a pair of eyes, a connecting device by which the eyes are connected together,said connecting device consisting of two separately formed sections upon which the eyes are mounted respectively, each of said sections having a sleeve portion thereon, a separate rod upon which said sleeve port-ions are slidably telescoped to hold said sections connected for adjustment in directions toward and away from each other and to hold said sleeve portions in axial alignment, said rod being of rectangular cross section providing sharp longitudinally extending corners thereon and being of a material relatively harder than the material. of the sreeve portions, and said sleeve portions having sliding engagement with said sharp corners to retain said sleeve portions against relative rotary movement upon the rod while yet permitting sliding. of the sleeve portions along the rod, said aligned sleeve portions being disposed co-axially with a straight line extending between the centres of the eyes, a supportingcarrier having one part for connection with a doll mounting for the eyes upon a horizontal axis,

and a gravity control for the eyes.

8; An eye set comprising a pair of eyes, a pair of vertically disposed rods upon which said eyes are mounted respectively, a connecting device extending between and connecting said rods together, said connecting device providing a pair of spaced pivot bearings for each of said rods, each of said rods having a lateral projection thereon ar ranged in the space between the pair of bearings within which it is pivotally mounted whereby to prevent endwise movement of the rods with respect to said bearings, gravity means to swing the rods in said bearings, means normally operative to limit the swing ing of said rods, at least one bearing of each of said pairs having a radial slot therein to permit passage of the lateral projection of the respectiverod upon rotary movement of said rod to an abnormal position.

9. An eye set comprising a pair of eyes, a pair of vertically disposed rods upon which said eyes are mounted respectively, a connecting device extending between and connecting said rods together, said connecting device providing a pair of spaced pivot bearings for each of said rods, each of said rods having a lateral projection thereon arranged in the space between the pair of bearings within which it is pivotally mounted whereby to prevent endwise movement of the rods with respect to said bearings, the rods projecting. upwardly from said bearings and into sockets of the eyes so as to support the eyes above said bearings, gravity means to swing the rods in said bearings, means normally operative to limit the swinging of said rods, each of said rods having a second lateral projection thereon spaced above the bearings adapted to be engaged by the eyes for limit- 'ing movement of the rods intozthe sockets of the eyes, and all of said bearingshaving i radial slots therein to permit passage of the lateral projections of'the rods upon rotary movement-of said rods to abnormal positions.

10. Aneye set comprising a pair of eyes,

a pair of vertically disposed rods-upon which the eyesare carried respectively, said rods theeyes are carried respectively, said rods having portions projecting downwardly beneath the lower edges of the eyes, a connecting device extending between said rods pro- ;viding bearings within which the'downwarol projecting portions of the rods are oscillatably mounted so that the rods and eyes are adapted to oscillate upon substantially vertical axes, a supporting carrier, and weighted lateralextensions provided upon said vertical rods to oscillate said rods and eyes by gravity.

'11. An eye, set comprising a pair of eyes, a pair of vertically disposed rods upon which having portions projecting downwardly beneath the lo'weredges of the eyes, a connectviding bearings within whichthe downward projecting portions of the rodsare oscillatably mounted sothat the rods and eyes are I adapted to oscillate upon substantially vertical axes, a supporting carrier, lateral exten- L-sionsprovided upon said vertical rods, a link 7 pivotally'connecting the "rear end portions of said extensions, and'a weight connected with "said link,

i with said link at a 12.-An eye set comprising a pair of eyes,

' a pair of vertically disposedrods upon which the eyes'ar e carried respectively,-said rods shaving portions projecting downwardly being' deviceextending between said rods pro- 1 neath thelower edges of the eyes, a connecting device extending between said rods providing bearings within which the downward pro ecting portions of the rods are oscillatably mounted so that the rods and eyes are adapted to oscillate upon substantially vertical axes, a supporting carrier, thedownwardly projecting portions of the eye carrying rods each having a rearwardly projecting lateral extension thereon, a link by which the rear end portions of said extensions are pivotally' connected together, a weight, and a weight rod extending from said weight into V pivotal engagement with said connecting device, said rod having pivotal engagement also point intermediate the lengthof th'erod. f Y 13;An eye set comprising a pair of eyes, a connecting d'evic'e extending between said 7 eyes providing pivotal mountings by which the eyes are oscillatable upon vertical axes,

- a'supporting carrier providing a pivotal mounting'forthe connecting device upon a horizontal axis, a rearwardly projecting lateral extension provided upon-each eye, a link by whlch therear end portions of said extens ons are pivotally' connectedftogether, a We1ght,a weight rod, an attaching member to 

